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AT News KABUL: A group of six kidnappers led by a Taliban released prisoner was detained by the intelligence operatives in the northern Takhar province. The National Directorate of Security in a statement released on Tuesday identified the head of the group as “Mangal”. According to the statement, Mangal was …

AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai was concerned over a report released by the Human Rights Commission about civilian casualties. Karzai urged the immediate end of war and violence, calling on the Afghan sides of war to stop violence because the only victims of the ongoing war are Afghans. …

Afghanistan is a landlocked country that doesn’t have direct access to water ports. To export or import products, it needs to pass its through neighbors to get connected with the world’s countries. Although, the give-and-take is a normal principle between the neighboring countries in the world, Afghanistan is caught among …

176 new infections, seven deaths reported in past 24 hours AT News KABUL: The new cases of coronavirus has been dramatically increasing in Afghanistan, where in the past 24 hours 176 new cases were reported and seven other patients have lost their lives. According to the ministry of public health, …

AT News KABUL: The Afghan National Army commando forces have raided a Taliban jail and rescued 28 civilians in southern Helmand province, ministry of defense said Tuesday. The rescue operation was carried out on Monday night in a Taliban prison in Musa Qala district of the province, in which 28 …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The United States continues to have a dialogue with Pakistan on issues related to terrorism along the crossing point with Afghanistan, the Pentagon has said.“We continue to have a dialogue with Pakistan about terrorist issues along that border with Afghanistan. I think it’s helpful to remind …

AT News KABUL: A key commander of Taliban has been shot dead by unknown gunmen in northwestern Pakistan, says an Afghan official. The killed Taliban was the group’s designated commander for eastern Nangarhar province. The Nangarhar governor identified the insurgent commander as Nek Mohammad, who was shot dead in Peshawar, …

Taliban says it would shun summits about Afghanistan until all foreign forces leave AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Pakistan has urged the Taliban to remain engaged in the Afghan peace process after the armed group said it would now shun summits about Afghanistan until all foreign forces leave. The decision was …

AT News KABUL: Afghan deputy foreign minister and Iran ambassador to Afghanistan had held talks and exchanged views on the latest developments, while Iran reaffirmed support to the Afghan government. Mr. Meerwais Nab met with Bahador Aminian at the Afghan foreign ministry and discussed about the latest developments in Afghan …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Representatives of Afghanistan and Turkmenistan discussed the ongoing work on TAPI gas pipeline construction project in Kabul. Representative of the Turkmengas state concern in the Board of Directors of the TAPI Pipeline Company Limited Muhammetmyrat Amanov and Ambassador of Turkmenistan to Afghanistan H. Ovezov met with Deputy Secretary …